Much news!

   BREAKING   NEWS  HEADLINES

A TRUTH COMMISSION ON CLERICAL ABUSE

                 THE LORD SAYS TO LEADERSHIP ‘BE OPENED’

                    WHY WE STILL NEED A SYNOD ON YOUTH

                            THE POWER PLAY DRIVING

                            THE LATEST VATICAN CRISIS

             WHAT POPE FRANCIS SHOULD SAY IN IRELAND

                                 SEXUAL ABUSE AND CLERICALISM

 TO REFORM THE CHURCH, WE NEED TO MAKE WOMEN CARDINALS

                HOW CAN I THINK ABOUT BECOMING CATHOLIC

                AFTER THE LATEST SEX ABUSE SCANDAL?

                                OTHER STATES LAUNCH INVESTIGATIONS

                                AFTER BOMBSHELL PENNSYLVANIA REPORT

SANCTIONS, SEX ABUSE, AND SILENCE: A PRIMER ON THE POPE SAGA

               WE CAN’T LET THE SEXUAL ABUSE

               CRISIS LEAD US INTO HOMOPHOBIA

                CARDINAL WUERL  ADDRESSES CHURCH’S

               ‘PAIN, CONFUSION, AND DISILLUSIONMENT’

(IN CASE YOU WERE ON VACATION)

     

   FORMER MARQUETTE PRESIDENT WILD REQUESTS THAT

         HIS NAME BE REMOVED FROM A SCHOOL BUILDING

                  FROM WHERE YOU STAND, STAND UP

  CATHOLIC FAITHFUL DEMAND CHANGE AFTER SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

      ENGLISH CARDINAL VINCENT NICHOLS BEGS FORGIVENESS

      FOR ‘HURT, DAMAGE, AND DISTRESS  CAUSED BY BISHOPS

                          WHY DO WE STAY IN THE CHURCH?

          THE (INACCURATE) MEMORY OF THE FORMER

          NUNCIO WHO WANTS THE HEAD OF THE POPE

                           SEX ABUSE AND CLERICALISM

PENANCE PROPOSAL FOR BISHOPS: SIX MONTHS IN REAL WORLD

          THE CHURCH NEEDS YOU NOW MORE THAN EVER

Responding to clergy sex abuse

In a recent Morning Briefing, Joshua McElwee provided a link to James Carroll’s article in The New Yorker titled “After Pennsylvania, What Pope Francis Should Say In Ireland.” Unfortunately, Francis didn’t say any of it. But he still can, and Carroll has some great ideas that could dramatically transform the entire church.

• Look on the current “crisis of sexual morality” as an opportunity, not a temptation.
• Empower deacons — 40,000 worldwide (13,000 in U.S.)— to preside at the Eucharist.
• Accept current proposals for women to be deacons.

Then, if you add one additional action to the package, you can make a full sweep: setting up “Truth Commissions” in every diocese, with all accused clerics (including bishops and members of religious orders) testifying on camera, under oath, before lay-led panels.

James Ewens
North Lake, WI.